The brick moulding has been removed. Can't say anything good about the craftmanship of the original installation.
Pictures don't do it justice. It's really much worse than what shows here. The door was held in place to the wall studs with 2 8-d box nails in each of the 4…
This is the east side where the door facing butts up to the garage wall.
Top right corner.
There was a top plate scabbed in to connect the top of the door to the soffit. It was nailed with 4-penny nails in 3 places to the top of the door frame.
The facing side of the top plate.
The back side of the scabbed on top plate.
Inside looking out after all the old stuff was ripped out.
Outside looking in.
New door in place and the open space on the side filled with Dow "Great Stuff". I used 3" deck screws in strategic places to secure the door frame to the wall…
Inside is trimmed out.
"Brick moulding" is not available, so I did my own with standard pine. Ready for sanding and then the quarter-round to seal the final gap on the edges.
Was able to save the crown moulding and put it back in place.
